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Memphis City Police
A well armed Memphis City policeman monitors striking sanitation workers during the 1968 AFSCME Local 1733 strike in support of which Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life.
Date: 1968-03-28
Collection: AFSCME Communications Department Records
Citation
“Memphis City Police,” I Am A Man, accessed February 22, 2025, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/181.